Well..I hate for my first post in this forum to be so negative, but I'm frustrated and feel like this is partly the purpose of the forum!;-) I'm mom to an 8-year old gymmie. We competed Level 5 last year and we're still waiting to hear what level we are going to be competing this year (big part of my frustration!). She has all of her level 6 skills and they had her in a level 6 training group at a recent compulsory training..and that's all I have to go on. I love our gym and it's philosophy, but we've had coaching changes every year that we've competed and things seem to get a little more disorganized with each change. I've tried to stay positive and just roll with it, but it's getting harder and harder. Miss Gym Thing doesn't seem to be bothered by anything..but she is only 8 and as long as she is in the gym..she doesn't care! As the parent paying the expenses..I tend to be bothered by it a bit more!;-) I don't want to toot our own horn..but she's also one of the more talented kids on her team and I really hate to see wasted potential. We are already one of the gyms that practices less hours than most of our competition, so we really need every practice to count. The older girls on the team have been voicing some concerns over lack of conditioning and lack of corrections on skills from some of the coaches. Ugghhh. Just want her to have a good, productive season! Well..thanks for letting me vent. I hope to be back soon with some good positive things to report! Looking forward to getting to know this group, too!